Improved staging for roofs



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N-PETERS. iHOTU-ALITMOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON, D, C,

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Letters Patent No. 95,519, dated October 5, 1869.

IMPROVED STAG-ING- FR RQOIES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the'same.

To all -ufhom 'it may concern:

Be' it known that I, WASHmeroN B. Ross, of Keene, county of Cheshire, and State of New Hamp- `shire, have invented a new and improved Staging for Use upon Roofs; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, rei'- A@renee being had to the accompanying drawings, in

whichliigure 1 is a section of 'a roof upon which is placed my improved staging. j

Figure 2 is a plan view of a roof with my improved staging iunse.

'lhe object of my invention is to produeea cheap and durable Staging for use upon roofs, that can be easily removed, and adjust-ed to any desired position, even while workmen are upon it; and

The nature of my invention consists in a jointed staging, attached to braces or arms, which are raised and lowered upon the rooi'by means of ropes or chains running over pulleys held by hooks at the ridge-boards of thel root'.

ln the drawingsisa roof.

l is a staging, which may be made in one or more pieces, the sections being spliced by bands D D, which are held by means of thumb-screws S S.

c c are braces, lying upon the roof, and have arms c, at angles with c.

Upon arm c is laid, and may be held by screw, the staging B.

F l" are pulleys.

These pulleys are heldnear the roof, by hooks H H, which hook over the ridge-boards.

The rope, cord, or chain E E, attached to braces c' c', runs over pulleys F F, and, by means of ropes E E `and the'pulleys, the staging B is easily raised or lowered to any desired position.

d [Z are pins, to which a ladder may be attached, if deemed necessary.

The "braces and arms may be made of wood or iron, or any suitable material:y

The advantages of my improved staging are, that much time is saved in adjusting it to any position, it being done in a moment by the men upon it; also, in clearing a roof after work is finished; in building stagings; and in room, for my staging can betaken apart by means of joint D, and the whole made to occppy a very'small space, while it is ever ready' for use.

Whatl claim as my invention, and desire to secure` lThe combination of staging B, (in one ormore pieces, jointed, as described,) braces c c', having arms c c and pins I d, pulleys F F, and cords 'E E, all arranged and operating substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof', I have ,signed my name to this speoication, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

XVASHINGTON B. ROSS.

Witnesses:

O. F. WEBSTER, CHARLES C. WEBSTER. 

